I LOVE this recipe. It both tastes delicious and looks really striking.

Beetroot is my favourite vegetable so I was really excited to find another use for it by making into a sauce. Beetroot and feta is such a classic pairing and the addition of fill keeps everything fresh.

Ingredients

• 500g/1lb 2oz pasta
• 200g/7oz feta cheese
• 20g/¾oz fresh dill, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp lemon juice (out of a bottle or fresh)
• extra olive oil, for drizzling

For the sauce

• 600g/1lb 5oz cooked beetroot, drained
• 100ml/3½fl oz olive oil
• 1 tsp fine salt
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 large red chilli (with or without seeds)

Method

1. Cook the pasta following the instructions on the packet.
2. Meanwhile make the sauce. Put the beetroot into a blender and add the olive oil, salt, garlic and chilli. Blend to a smooth paste. Put half of the sauce into a small zip-lock freezer bag, seal and freeze – now you have another batch of the sauce ready for another meal.
3. Crumble the feta cheese into a bowl, add the chopped dill, then drizzle over the lemon juice and mix.
4. Once the pasta is cooked to your liking, drain and put back into the pan. Pour in all that beautiful beetroot sauce and mix through. Tip out on to a serving dish and sprinkle over all the feta and dill mixture.
5. Drizzle with a little extra olive oil for good measure before serving. Drizzle with a little extra olive oil for good measure before serving.

Recipe Tips

This recipe makes a double batch of the sauce so that you can freeze half for another meal. The frozen sauce will keep frozen for up to six months. Store in a labelled zip-lock bag.